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Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
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Nathan Nettleton
Nathan Nettleton has served as pastor of this congregation since 1994. He was ordained as a Baptist pastor that same year and completed an honours degree in theology at Whitley College in 1995, followed by a Master of Theology in Liturgical Studies from the University of Divinity in 2001. In our church, he carries particular responsibilities for the preaching, teaching, and ordering of worship and prayer, and for pastoral care. He also writes liturgical resources for a global audience through LaughingBird.net, and serves as a board member of Open Baptists. Nathan is married to Margie, and they have an adult daughter, Acacia, and two dogs.
Sermons by Nathan Nettleton
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18 October, 2020
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Self-interested leaders will frequently manufacture frightening images of an angry dangerous God to silence opposition and maintain their grip on power, but Jesus opens our eyes to these abuses and to the reality of a God of incorruptible love.
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11 October, 2020
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
We are often afraid to face what must be faced in order to enter the new world God has promised, but God continues to promise an abundance of blessings when we overcome our fears and obey.
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20 September, 2020
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Creation, Discipleship, Formation, Healing, Hope, Salvation, Stewardship
Scripture: Romans
All creation waits impatiently for humanity to work and pray its way into the fullness of our identity in Christ, for only then will all creation be safe and free.
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6 August, 2020
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Scripture: 1 & 2 Kings, Exodus, Matthew
The stories of Moses, Elijah and Jesus on various mountain tops reveals a process of God’s self-revelation as the one who loves us and suffers for us.
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28 June, 2020
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Anger, Discernment, Failure, Jesus, judgement, Leadership, Repentance, Sin
The abusive use of anger to manipulate other people’s behaviour is, Jesus says, on the same spectrum as physical violence, and Jesus calls this preacher to repent of it.
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31 May, 2020
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Gifts, Holy Spirit, Hospitality, Reconciliation, Unity
Scripture: Acts
El EspÃritu de Jesús nos une a través de lÃmites previamente hostiles y nos enseña un lenguaje de amor liberador.
(The Spirit of Jesus unites us across previously hostile boundaries and teaches us a language of liberating love.) -
29 March, 2020
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Death, Fear, Fullness of Life, Grief, Hope, Jesus, Lent, Resurrection
Jesus leads the way towards a new experience of life that is so utterly alive that death is powerless to threaten, limit or constrain it.
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15 March, 2020
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Discipleship, Fear, Hope, Hospitality, Jesus, Lent, Prayer, Resurrection, Service
The COVID-19 scare can reinforce our Lenten call to prepare our hearts by facing up to our mortality and the real limits of our control over the world.
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1 March, 2020
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Scripture: Matthew
The forgiveness encountered in Jesus is extravagant and all-inclusive, but those who determinedly reject and demonise the Spirit’s winds of change can cut off their own access to it.
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23 February, 2020
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Gifts, Holy Spirit, Love, Prayer, Worship
Scripture: 1 Corinthians
The gift of tongues can be a valuable part of our private spirituality, but the needs of public worship require something more than the private intimacies of our spirituality.
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16 February, 2020
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Scripture: Matthew
Our generation is very good at identifying evils and calling them out, but if our hearts are not occupied by God’s love and mercy, the results can be disastrous.
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9 February, 2020
Preacher: Nathan Nettleton
Topic: Communion, Discernment, Jesus, Reconciliation, Sin, Unity
Scripture: 1 Corinthians
Jesus calls us to unite as his body around his table, and if we come to the table without seeking that unity, we dishonour Jesus.
